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OCT 29, 2015 GROWING SEASON UPDATE

• Winter Greens are here, some plants like mustard, pakchoi, turnips, spinach, lettuce and others greens love the cooler temperature fall has to offer. Whetham Organic Farm, Law Family Farm and White Pine Farm are now offering many of these delightful greens.

What is happening as CSA Farmers Market

The market is operated out of a building that was build right after my dad came out of WWII. It is a block building that looks like a barn and was at one time what we used to call “Dads Kingdom”. It has been transformed and still is being transformed. It has a walk in cooler, a green house attached to the front of it, a small ghetto office (that is what my son refers to it as-since it is made up of thrift shop items and pieced together whatever we could find), many upright coolers, freezers, a sink for washing produce and a large area where harvesting and packing occurs.

Slowly we have been patching the cracks between the blocks on the walls and scrubbing and painting the floors. Each year Dale spends about a month cutting wood to heat three buildings of which this is one of them and it uses 3/4 or more of the wood. This year is the last year he will spend that much time cutting wood as we are going to finish insulating and buttoning up many of the air leaks in the building.

Rather than to cut wood we bought wood so we can spend more time working on the building. Once these projects are complete Dale will be putting up another large hoop house for growing all those wonderful winter greens.

The building right next to this one is what was once my studio. It is a small building which is well insulated and has a licensed kitchen which some of the growers use to make their goodies. Our MDA official wanted us to have a small warehouse area next to the kitchen so we are working on that as well. We have a large open area in this building and we hope to have programs in that area and possibly on the farm meals. Three of my printing presses still occupy that area and as soon as the bathroom and the warehouse area is completed we will able to access the open space.

Anyone that wants can come visit us, peak into the hoop houses and take a tour of the farm. CSA Farmers Market is located on White Pine Farm.

Me, My Health & Eyes News will continue to be a pick up location

Me, My Health and Eyes. Patricia Aldrich is heading to to Florida for the winter. Her business will continue to be a pick up even through the winter months.

Even through Patricia will be in Florida during the winter her business practice will continue on every aspect by means of Skype, email, mail and phone. She will also have a biweekly newsletter Via email and a website is under construction. She will have winter visits to Michigan to do in person consults. Because of her seasonal relocation, the CSA is in need of an alternative new delivery/pick up location in the Lake Orion area. If you know of a chiropractor, Natural Practitioner, Storefront that would be willing, please contact the CSA Farmers Market at 810-688-7442 or via email.